Rio Anglers

Rio Anglers pairs a guide service with a fly shop location at Canyon Lake, Texas, so bookings and retail run out of the same operation. The company describes over 20 years spent fishing Hill Country rivers. Its guiding covers three waterways rather than one: alongside the trout tailwater, the San Marcos River and the Colorado River are both listed as regular destinations, which lets the business move between cold water and warm water fisheries as the calendar turns. Casting instruction and coaching are folded into trips, with attention to fly selection, line setup and knots for anglers who want the teaching side as much as the fishing. Bookings are sold in four to eight hour blocks and split between float and wade formats.